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Retail

How do I get a great graduate job in retail?

A graduate career in retail offers a fantastic grounding in business and management early on in your career. If you’ve got ambition, creativity and brains, you could be on to a nice little earner, too.

Read on...

Top graduates required for retail Show off your talent on retail applications

The skills retail recruiters want On the shop floor: work experience counts

Areas of work

Graduate profiles

• Buying
• Engineering careers in the retail sector
• Fashion design
• Finance
• Human resources (HR)
• IT
• Logistics
• Marketing
• Merchandising
• Product technology and science
• Public relations
• Retail banking
• Retail property management
• Store management
• Visual merchandising

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• Deepak Kumar (Visual manager, New Look)
• Emma Orlando (Communications supervisor, marketing, Enterprise Rent-A-Car)
• Giorgio Rondelli (PR and press co-ordinator, IKEA)
• Joanne Durkin (Assistant analyst, retail finance, Debenhams)
• Jonny Howorth (Business banking manager, HBOS plc)
• Kate Moore (Store manager trainee, Tesco)
• Mandeep Rana (Assistant category manager, gaming, DSG International plc)
• Mark Charlwood (IT graduate management trainee, Marks & Spencer)
• Matt Harrison (Buyer, ASDA)
• Matthew Houcke (Branch manager, RBS Group)
• Melissa Webb (Category product manager, The Co-operative Group)
• Paul Bevis (Analyst programmer, House of Fraser)
• Phil Alldridge (Merchandising administration assistant, Arcadia)
• Philip Adams (Duty manager, William Hill)
• Rachel Bulford (Store project manager, Marks & Spencer)
• Rebecca Tatlock (Junior buyer, Woolworths plc)
• Romilly Edelmann (Quality assurance manager, product development, Sainsbury's)
• Sharon Jones (Human resources manager, Marks & Spencer)
• Sophie Watling (Merchandising administration assistant, Arcadia)
• Stephanie Rooney (Programmer, John Lewis Partnership)
• Tim Winmill (Retail finance analyst, Arcadia)

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